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With Taliban’s rise, India sees renewed threat in Kashmir

FILE - In this Aug. 23, 2021, file photo, an Afghan refugee living in India wearing a scarf in the colors of Afghanistan flag participates in a protest against the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan outside the office of United Nation High Commissioner for Refugees, in New Delhi, India. India's leaders are anxiously watching the Taliban takeover in Afghanistan, fearing that it will benefit their bitter rival Pakistan and feed a long-simmering insurgency in the disputed region of Kashmir, where militants already have a foothold. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup, File) FILE - In this Feb. 5, 2020, file photo, protesters burn an effigy of Indian prime minister during a rally to express solidarity with Indian Kashmiris struggling for their independence, in Karachi, Pakistan. India's leaders are anxiously watching the Taliban takeover in Afghanistan, fearing that it will benefit their bitter rival Pakistan and feed a long-simmering insurgency in the disputed region of Kashmir, where militants already have a foothold. (AP Photo/Fareed Khan, File) FILE - In this Aug. 14, 2008, file photo, Kashmiri Muslims shout slogans demanding independence from India as others prepare to carry the body of a man who was shot during a protest during his funeral in Srinagar, India. India's leaders are anxiously watching the Taliban takeover in Afghanistan, fearing that it will benefit their bitter rival Pakistan and feed a long-simmering insurgency in the disputed region of Kashmir, where militants already have a foothold. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin, File) FILE - In this Sept. 25, 2015,file photo, masked Kashmiris hold a national flag of Pakistan and a banner displaying militant leaders of the Hizb-ul Mujahedeen during a protest outside Eidgha, a prayer ground, in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir. India's leaders are anxiously watching the Taliban takeover in Afghanistan, fearing that it will benefit their bitter rival Pakistan and feed a long-simmering insurgency in the disputed region of Kashmir, where militants already have a foothold. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin, File) FILE - In this May 8, 2009, file photo, Sikh activists shout slogans against the Taliban and Pakistan to protest Taliban atrocities against Sikhs in Pakistan's northwest region in Jammu, India. India's leaders are anxiously watching the Taliban takeover in Afghanistan, fearing that it will benefit their bitter rival Pakistan and feed a long-simmering insurgency in the disputed region of Kashmir, where militants already have a foothold. (AP Photo/Channi Anand, File) FILE - In this Nov. 25, 2009, file photo, India's Border Security Force (BSF) soldiers patrol at the border with Pakistan in Kutch district, about 550 kilometers (344 miles) from Ahmedabad, in the western Indian state of Gujarat. India's leaders are anxiously watching the Taliban takeover in Afghanistan, fearing that it will benefit their bitter rival Pakistan and feed a long-simmering insurgency in the disputed region of Kashmir, where militants already have a foothold. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki, File)